Wheel for road-vehicles.



J. HENDERSON.

WHEEL FOR ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17,1907.

Patented June 22, 1909.

J. HENDERSON.

WHEEL FOB. ROAD VEHICLES.

nrmomxon FILED um. 17, 1907.

925,908. PatentedsJune 22, 1909.

- with the detachable rim thereon. Fig. 2 is a and means for securing same.

larged portions adapted to engage the rewheel.

relatively to the 'wheel and hereinafter reerred to.

thickened edges of the tire is provided with a number of projections h correspondin in UNITED SATEi PATENT @FFIQE.

WHEEL FOR ROAD-VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed June 22, 1909.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES l lnnnnnsox, a l subject of the King of England, residing at I Bruton, in. the county of Somerset, i lngland, temporarily residing at Lorain, in the State o'f'Ohio, United States of America, have in-- vented certain new and useful linprovemenls in Wheels for Road-Vehicles, of which the j following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in Wheels for road vehicles and the object is to provide a rim which may be easily and quickly dismounted from the wheel. Rims of this class are particularly adapted for use with the wheels of motor cars and the like for carrying a spareinflated pneumatic tire.

-T e invention comprises the novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter describedand pointed out in the claims an embodiment of the invention. being represented in the annexed drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the wheel side elevation of the rim detached from the Fig. 3 1s a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 showing also levers for shifting the rim ferred to. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of one of said levers in operative position in section on line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view on an enlar ed scale showing a fragment of the wheel telly and rim with a locking cotter Fig. 6 is a lan view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section on inc 7 7 of Fig. 6 and Fig. 8 is a detailplan' view "on an enlarged scale of one of the tapered'projections on the rim hereinafter re- The wheel felly a is provided at one side with a. circumferential flange 6 and at intervals around its exterior periphery with projections c havin their exterior surfaces cl tapered orv beveled in one direction. The said projections are each provided with a central recessed ortion e the base of which is similarly taperec and also one side of said recess as at f.

The detachable rim 9 which has the usual curved edges g for reception of the beaded or number to the projections c on the wheel felly.- These projections have their interior surfaces tapered h in a similar manner to the surfaces d and are provided with central en- Cesses a above referred to. ()no ide In of each of said enlarged portions is: :rl-'o tapered to eo-act with the tapered r l(l( The wheel folly n is 'l'urnished at suitable points with angular slots i forrecepi ion and passage of the tire valve and clamping bolls j and l; respectively whereby the rini may be placed over the l'elly' in a lateral direction and given a partial revolution thereon thus causing the enlarged portions ha of the projections h to enter the recesses e of the projections c and the co-aeting surfaces of said. projections to engage each other. The co-acting tapered sides fand h" referred to tend to force the rim firmly against the flange b of the wheel fell and thus secure the rim firmly to said felly. The direction of taper given to the projections is preferably such that the wheel in revolving will tend to tigl'iten the connection between the C o-acting surfaces thereof.

For preventing accidental or unintentional detachment of the rim from thefelly I'provide a suitable number of locking cotters one of which is shown'in the drawing. This cotter Z enters the space 7c between the rim and felly and bears at one side against the lateral face of one of the projections c on the telly and at the other side against an additional projection Z on the rim g.

Tolock the cotter in position a pin Z? is used mounted on the end of a spring 1 secured to the inner surface of the flanged portion I of the wheel and passing through a.

hole in said portion Z to engage a preferably slightly elongated hole Z in the cotter. The

pin may be disengaged from the cotter when it is desired to remove the rim by providing a lever or handle m pivoted to the free end of the s nin and havin an extension m which For the purpose of easily moving the rim relatively to the wheel when mounting or disinounting the rim I provide diametrically positioned pairs of studs n n ada ted to be engaged by suitable forked imp ements o; one of each ofsaid pairs of studs as n is integral with the wheel folly and the other of each pair integral with the rim but the positions of these studs are reversed at diametfic points that is to say the stud is on the outside of the wheel and on the inside of the rim at one point and on the inside of the wheel and on the outside of the rim at the opposite- On inserting the forked portion of he implements 0 between the rim and felly to embrace the pairs of studs and exerting pull in the same direction on said implements one stud of each pair will act as a fulcrum for the implement and the rim will be moved relatively to the felly in the direction desired aswill be readily understood.

1 do not limit myself to the arrangements 9f- 'arts and details of construction shown an described as the same may be varied {Without departing from the spirit of the in 'yention.

What I claim as my-invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 4 1. The combination with a wheel felly, of plurality of exterior peripheral tapered projections on said felly having recessed portions therein a detachable rim and a plurality of interior peripheral tapered projec- I tions on said rim having enlarged portions adapted to engage the aforesaid recessed portions of the projections on the'wheel felly for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a wheel felly, of alateral flange thereon, a plurality of extee25,eos

rior peripheral tapered pro ections on said telly, having recessed portions therein, a detachable rim, a plurality of interior peripheral tapered projections on said rim having enlarged portions adapted to engage. the aforesaid recessed portions of the felly pro jecti'ons, co-a'cting lateral surfaces of said reortions. being also -tapered, means for disp acing the rim axially with regardto the felly, a cotter for prevent.

cessed and enlarged ing relative 'movement of said rim and felly and meansfor locking and releasing said cotter.

In Witness whereof I have signed'this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENDERSON.

itnesses: i

JAs. T. HURSLEY, DANIEL A. (1001:. 

